The Lie of the Land

by Guy Shrubsole

£10.99

Nature; Politics

Paperback

9780008651817

Published by HarperCollins Publishers

Published May 2025

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How a Tiny Group of Landowners Wrecked the Countryside, and How the Public Can Restore it 

The lie of the land: that Britain’s landowners care for the countryside.

Our landowning elite are paid billions of taxpayer pounds to be good stewards. But these same landowners have carelessly trampled over our best-loved landscapes, leaving the rivers polluted, fenlands drained, and moorlands burned.

Guy Shrubsole has travelled across Britain to expose the lie and meet the communities fighting back to restore our lost landscapes. This is a bold, shared vision for our nation’s wild places, and how we can treat them with the awe and care they deserve.

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